SCHEDULE FOR WINTER CRUISES 2002

29 July-19 September (Gould)

31 July-19 September (Palmer)

July 29 Gould leaves from Punta Arenas

July 30 Gould steams to Palmer Station

July 31 Palmer leaves from Punta Arenas

August 1-2 Gould to Palmer Station and Palmer steams to region

August 3 leave Palmer Station and both ships steam to Matha Strait

August 4 arrive at Matha Strait

August 5-6 work at Matha Strait "hot spot"

August 7-9 steam south to station 82

August 10-17 Palmer works survey grid; Gould at site 3

August 17 Palmer to station 71

August 18-19 steam to process site 2

August 20-27 Gould at process site 2; Palmer in central shelf area

August 28-31 Marguerite Bay station and survey work (predator time)

September 1 transit to site 1

September 2-9 Gould at process station 1

September 10-12 **open days for adjustments to schedule**

September 13-15 Gould to Palmer Station

September 15-19 both ships steam back to Punta Arenas

Notes from discussion

-Predator hot spot is in Matha Strait. This site is a priority.

-Intent is for these cruises to be a fully joint-ship operation.

-The target for the Palmer is to occupy 83 stations (average 3 stations/day).

-Agreement among scientists at Third Science Investigator Meeting (Dec. 2001) to stop and do work with predators, if found.

-Physical oceanographers need to take hard look at station plan to figure out which stations can be occupied and which can be dropped to accommodate working in sea ice.